College Baseball Players Representing in 2010 MLB World Series

The 2010 MLB World Series starts up on Wednesday with the San Francisco Giants hosting the Texas Rangers. Cliff Lee (Arkansas) will take the ball for the Rangers while the Giants will send Tim Lincecum (Washington) to the hill. The best conference this season with getting players into the World Series is the SEC as they have six alums of universities. The University of Miami, UC-Santa Barbara, and LSU are the leaders in alums participating with two each. Miami has Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell while UC-Santa Barbara has Barry Zito and Michael Young. The LSU Tigers have both Mike Fontenot and Brian Wilson participating in the fall classic. The full list is below.

San Francisco Giants

Buster Posey- 1st round pick (5th overall) in 2008 out of Florida StateAubrey Huff- 5th round pick in 1998 out of Miami (FL)Freddy Sanchez- 11th round pick in 2000 out of Oklahoma City University via Dallas Baptist UniversityPat Burrell- 1st round pick (1st overall) in 1998 out of Miami (FL)Aaron Roward- 1st round pick (35th overall) in 1998 out of Cal-State FullertonTim Lincecum- 1st round pick (10th overall) in 2006 out of WashingtonBarry Zito- 1st round pick (9th overall) in 1999 out of UC-Santa BarbaraJonathan Sanchez- 27th round pick in 2004 out of Ohio Dominican UniversityBrian Wilson- 24th round pick in 2003 out of LSUSergio Romo- 28th round pick in 2005 out of Mesa State College via University of North AlabamaJavier Lopez- 4th round pick in 1998 out of VirginiaMike Fontenot- 1st round pick in 2001 out of LSU

Texas Rangers

Ian Kinsler- 17th round pick in 2003 out of University of Missouri via Arizona State and Central Arizona CollegeMichael Young- 5th round pick in 1997 out of UC-Santa BarbaraJulio Borbon- 1st round pick (35th overall) in 2007 out of University of TennesseeDavid Murphy- 1st round pick (17th overall) in 2003 out of Baylor UniversityMitch Moreland- 17th round pick in 2007 out of Mississippi State UniversityC.J. Wilson- 5th round pick in 2001 out of Loyola-MarymountTommy Hunter- 1st round pick (54th overall) in 2007 out of the University of AlabamaCliff Lee- 4th round pick out in 2000 of University of ArkansasDarren O’Day- free agent from University of Florida signed in 2006

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He has covered two CWS, multiple NCAA Baseball Regionals, and other special events across the country. In addition to his duties with College Baseball Daily, he has covered games for Inside Lacrosse and been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal among other publications.

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